Prince Bira, Gianfranco Comotti and René Dreyfus pictured at the 1938 Cork Grand Prix
Race details[1][2]
Date
23 April 1938 (1938-04-23)
Official name
Cork Grand Prix
Location
Carrigrohane
Course
Road course
Course length
323.3 kilometres (200.9 mi)
Distance
33 laps, 9.79 kilometres (6.08 mi)
Weather
Clear
Attendance
c. 70,000[3]
Pole position
Driver
René Dreyfus
Ecurie Bleue
Fastest lap
Driver
René Dreyfus
Ecurie Bleue
Time
3:49
Podium
First
René Dreyfus
Ecurie Bleue
Second
Prince Bira
Prince Chula
Third
Louis Gerard
Count Heyden
Motor car race
The 1938 Cork Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held at Carrigrohane to the west of Cork city in Ireland on 23 April 1938. The 200-mile race was run over more than 30 laps of a six-mile circuit. It was won by the French driver René Dreyfus in a Delahaye car, with second place going to Prince Bira in a Maserati.[4]
The course ran along the Carrigrohane Straight to Victoria Cross, turned right towards Dennehy's Cross, from there on to Model Farm Road, and west towards eastern outskirts of Ballincollig.[4] This back stretch finished at the Poulavone hairpin bend, before passing "Hell Hole Corner", and back onto the Carrigrohane Straight.[3] The race was watched by an estimated 70,000 spectators,[3] with participants reportedly representing 12 countries.[5]
A collection of photos, relating to the race, is held in University College Cork library as the Cork Motor Derby Collection.[6]
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^ abRoche, Barry (7 January 2013). "Cork gears up for Gathering rerun of 1930s Grand Prix". irishtimes.com. Irish Times. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
^"Making a Cork Motor Derby 1938". corkindependent.com. Cork Independent. 9 May 2011. Retrieved 31 October 2020.[permanent dead link]
^Twomey, Emer. "UCC Library: Cork Motor Derby: Home". libguides.ucc.ie. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
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